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Book of Hours (Use of Bayeux)

about 1450–75
Place of ManufactureRouen, France
Medium/TechniqueTempera, ink, pencil (modern), and gold on parchment; bindings of calfskin over pasteboard with gilding
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 16.4 x 11.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas A. Gaffield
Accession number04.1745
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1904, Mrs. Thomas A. Gaffield; 1904, given to the MFA by Mrs. Thomas A. Gaffield. (Accession date: January 12, 1904)
Folios 24v-25r, Feast of Saint John the Baptist
late 14th century
Folios 20v-21r
Pope Leo III
about 1400–50
View: Open book
mid-15th century
View: f.1
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Detail: folio 1, verso
late 13th century
Folios 133v-134r, historiated initial with Christ emerging from the tomb
Liberale da Verona
about 1450–75
Detail: folio 1, recto
mid-13th century